VP, SRE Operations & Problem Management Senior Analyst, Technology and Operations

Business Function

Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank’s operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

Job Purpose

This position is for an SRE Operations & Problem Management Senior Analyst within the enabling group, Enterprise Architecture & Site Reliability Engineering (EASRE) department. This role is expected to effectively incident retrospective operations and in other SRE activities in general which pertains to maintenance management that includes availability, latency, performance, change management, monitoring, capacity planning & also the solutions offered derived from emergency response.

Key Accountabilities

• Effective facilitation & conduct incident retrospectives (RCA) activities from end to end
• Absorb new technology rapidly & apply effectively
• Evaluate & demonstrate new cloud technologies as required
• Communicate well with technical & non-technical colleagues
• Mentoring of other colleagues, as necessary
• Work to a high standard with agreed timescales
• Undertake any other tasks or duties that are reasonable & requested by your supervisor or a member of the senior management team
• Code reviewing
• Ability to apply knowledge in supporting "Run" operations
• Perform data analysis & provide suggestion on identifying Service Level Indicators & Service Level Objectives
  
  

Responsibilities

• Responsible for effectively facilitating the Problem Management Process
• Able to demonstrate authority in the RCA calls while coordinating with other stakeholders & solve the discrepancy in blameless ways
• Responsible for efficient allocation of time & resources given parallel major incidents and problem activities
• Point of contact for assigned incidents of higher severity (from incident retrospective calls all the way up to Management Report (MR) documentation and publishing
• Manage the updates of systems such as problem management module, internal sharepoint, etc
• Proposes & participates on the enhancement activities related to SRE
• Collaborates with Engineering Teams within EASRE and with LOBs on enabling activities as part of the preventive measures
• Develop event management process, metrics, and governance model
• Perform trend analysis on events to identify potential issues/incidents
• Consolidate and analyze noise alerts to zoom in on actual issues
• Leverage GenAl and real-time data feeds to produce post-incident reports
• Implement automatic root cause identification, reducing turnaround for RCA Reports
• Coordinate & Automate incident thematic and trend analysis using AI/ML
• Identify event/incident clustering for improvements
  
  

Requirements

Skills & Experience:

• In depth understanding of Public/Private/Bybrid cloud solutions
• Hands on experience with popular CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Bitbucket etc
• Good exposure to logging & monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELF/ELK
• Good understanding of cloud native technologies like Containers, Kubernetes etc
• Develop & enhance production monitoring & management capabilities leveraging existing platforms & tools
• Minimum 10 years of root cause analysis (RCA) exposure & involvement leading discussions as a problem manager or incident commander
• In depth understanding of Incident & Problem Management functions & activities
• Good understanding of Identity and access management
• Software incident & problem management
• Work with stakeholders & command centre in trouble shooting, escalating & solutioning critical site incidents
• Identify recurring system/ application issues & work with cloud team, infra teams, product development, vendors & other stakeholders in investigating & resolving cause
• Maintain accurate documentation of incidents including impact details, timelines, steps taken for mitigation/resolution
• Strong verbal & written communication skills particularly effective documentation skills
• Prior experience in developing and implementing event management processes and governance models
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets
• Proficiency in event management tools and platforms
• Familiarity with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices related to Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management and Event management
• Experience with AI/ML technologies and their application in incident analysis
  
  

Desirable

• Min 6+ yrs of software development or technical support or operations experience
• Experience with Jira, Confluence
• Basic knowledge of Linux/ Windows
• Exposure to Enterprise databases e.g Oracle, SQL server, Maria DB, MongoDB & Sybase
• Knowledge in systems & multi-tier application & network troubleshooting
• Experience with load balancing principles
• Essential knowledge & awareness of Public/Private/Hybrid cloud solutions
• Good exposure to logging & monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELG/ELK
• Preferred ITIL V4 certification
• Trend Analysis and Forecasting
• Process Development and Governance
• Familiarity with GenAl (Generic Algorithm) or similar technologies
• Continuous Improvement Mindset
  
  

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements

Primary Location

Singapore-DBS Asia Hub

Job

Technology

Job Posting

Aug 20, 2024, 11:08:18 AM